Summer travel is coming to an end as the season begins to wind down in August and kids head back to school. Why waste those last few precious moments hanging out at home when you could be exploring a new city or small town in the Hill Country? Travelers looking for Labor Day weekend getaways, cross-country vacations, or summer road trip ideas can find them right here in our big roundup of the 11 best ideas for a fun getaway to Texas in August.
Austin
Austin residents looking for the perfect stay can take advantage of Haywood Hotel “Summer stay” package for stays through September 15. The package includes free hotel parking, free use of bicycles, complimentary concierge service and a $100 gift card to one of many top-notch restaurants in East Austin. The offer also includes a complimentary activity of the guest's choice, which could be free passes to Barton Springs Pool, a distillery tour at Still Austin, indoor mini-golf at Mole Holeand more. Room rates start at $179 per night.
With August being National Wellness Month, Hotel Sainte Cecile does everything possible for his “Sleep soundly“, a sleep-focused turndown service that encourages mindfulness through relaxing amenities. The package includes personalized service Notebook of the Hotel Saint Cécile Chambray and Blackwing pencils for journaling, a tailor-made product Lola James Harper x Hotel Saint Cecilia Candlea bottle of Onda solid sleep tincture and a “Sleepy Time” cocktail that uses the tincture to help you get a good night’s sleep. The Sleep Soundly package is an additional $150, and nightly room rates start at $433 in August.
The Loren at Lady Bird Lake is offering a sweet deal and a follow-up deal this month. From August 1st to August 31st, Dallas' famous La Casita Bakery will appear — offering two cakes, pastries, cookies and more — as part of the Coffee at LorenCafé de's Collaboration Series. The hotel also has extended Through August 31, the hotel is offering a “Suite Deal” offering 15% off the best available rates for suite stays of two nights or more. The offer also includes a $50 daily food and beverage credit that can be used at the hotel’s restaurants. Nightly rates for a suite with the discount code “SUITEDEAL” start at $400.
Hill Country
Travelers looking for a little more seclusion and a retreat atmosphere can take a day trip to Dripping springs to visit Camp Lucy for the station yoga and meditation classesa guided tour vineyard Or property tour, and many others daily activitiesThrough August 31, Camp Lucy is offering 15% off standard room rates with promo code “SUMMER.” Nightly rates start at $262 with the discount.
It's not a true day trip to the beautiful Texas Hill Country without a little wine to sweeten the deal, especially during harvest season when many local wineries invite the public to grape crushing events. Award-winning Stonewall Vineyard Pedernales Caves will hold its inaugural Harvest Weekend celebration, August 17-18, with a picnic barbecue and live music from 10am to 5pm on Saturdays, and a paint and sip The event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Visitors can also make their own “grape stamp” by using wine corks to stamp paint onto the winery’s branded T-shirts. Tickets for the grape harvest picnic are $25, and tickets for the painting and tasting event are $50.
Pedernales Wineries will host its first Harvest Weekend Celebration from August 17-18.Photo courtesy of Pedernales Cellars
Houston
The location of the Houston area where the famous Lodge of the Great Wolfindoor water park chain is on track to open to the public on Wednesday, August 7. Located in Webster, Great Wolf Lodge started digging in September 2022. CultureMap has obtained a Exclusive preview The resort opened its new facilities in July, showcasing play structures and massive water slides that span at least four stories in the lodge's cavernous main area. Ahead of the opening, Great Wolf Lodge is offering 25 percent off single-night stays and 30 percent off multi-night stays with the coupon code “COUNTDOWNwith rates starting at $149 per night.
A rare exhibition of artwork by the late, legendary Beatles guitarist John Lennon, Give Peace a Chance – The Art of John Lennon, will be exhibited for a limited time at Off the Wall Gallery at the Galleria Houston, August 20 through September 7. The pieces in the exhibition are light and open, focusing on Lennon's themes of peace and human communication while showing a lighter side of the often controversial artist, relying heavily on doodles of human figures and animal scenes.
ZaZa Memorial City Hotel brings classic rock star life to its guests with its new “Party like a rock star“, which will include a bucket of energy-boosting treats like High Noon Hard Seltzers, Celsius Energy Drinks, Dot's Pretzels and Sahale Snacks. The package is available throughout the month of August, and guests can now book the hotel's poolside cabanas for the first time to complete the rockstar experience. Standard room rates at ZaZa Memorial City start at $269 per night.
Galveston
Galveston boutique and food-focusedLucine Hotel offers two different beach vacation packages for those who need one last getaway before the summer season ends. The weekday exclusive “Beach Getaway“The package offers guests 15% off stays of two nights or more, as well as a daily breakfast credit and unlimited drip coffee during their stay. The “Summer breeze“The package offers 15% off two-night stays, with increasing discounts for longer stays up to 25%. Nightly rates start at $165.
Dallas-Fort Worth
The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas in Irving encourages families to spend Labor Day weekend in fan favorite luxury hotel complex, from August 30 to September 2, with its new “Summer Safari Departure” package. The offer includes valet parking, late checkout and two Ritz Kids Passports that send kids on thrilling adventures, such as a daily safari-themed scavenger hunt; nightly movies on the lawn (TThe Lion King, Madagascar, And Rio); interactive and educational animal activities; and much more. Package rates start at $710 per night.
It's time to discover Western luxury Bowie House, Auberge Resorts Collection in Fort Worth, now that he has done Time The magazine's new 100 list the most beautiful places in the world. Bowie House is the only place in Texas that has been included in the prestigious list, with the publication praising everything from its decor to its spato his Fort Worth setting, which he describes as “booming.”
